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$11.96 +0.10 (+0.84%)
Closing price 10/3/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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GLDD vs. MYRG, AMRC, NWPX, MTRX, ORN, PWR, EME, FIX, ACM, and MTZ

Should you be buying Great Lakes Dredge & Dock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock include MYR Group (MYRG), Ameresco (AMRC), NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX), Matrix Service (MTRX), Orion Group (ORN), Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), and MasTec (MTZ). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock vs. Its Competitors

MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) are both construction & engineering companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

MYR Group currently has a consensus price target of $191.83, indicating a potential downside of 3.87%. Given MYR Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MYR Group is more favorable than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MYR Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

MYR Group has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a net margin of 8.63% compared to MYR Group's net margin of 2.21%. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity of 15.61% beat MYR Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MYR Group2.21% 13.16% 4.87%
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock 8.63%15.61%5.88%

88.9% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of MYR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, MYR Group had 13 more articles in the media than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for MYR Group and 8 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat MYR Group's score of 0.43 indicating that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MYR Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MYR Group. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MYR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MYR Group$3.36B0.92$30.26M$4.7941.66
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock$762.69M1.07$57.26M$1.0511.39

Summary

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock beats MYR Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GLDD vs. The Competition

MetricGreat Lakes Dredge & DockBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$813.22M$16.05B$9.81B$10.58B
Dividend YieldN/A2.52%1.91%4.69%
P/E Ratio11.3916.8117.4926.71
Price / Sales1.071.20103.63131.77
Price / Cash6.4714.8115.6261.31
Price / Book1.794.434.806.55
Net Income$57.26M$1.37B$634.19M$277.50M
7 Day Performance1.53%0.02%0.44%2.42%
1 Month Performance1.96%4.41%-0.17%8.63%
1 Year Performance2.22%33.67%108.40%31.60%

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
3.5356 of 5 stars
$11.96
+0.8%
N/A+2.2%$813.22M$762.69M11.39430
MYRG
MYR Group
2.8453 of 5 stars
$206.93
+4.2%
$191.83
-7.3%
+91.5%$3.08B$3.36B43.208,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
AMRC
Ameresco
4.2465 of 5 stars
$34.14
-1.9%
$28.00
-18.0%
+8.5%$1.83B$1.86B29.181,509Analyst Downgrade
NWPX
NWPX Infrastructure
2.5107 of 5 stars
$52.12
-0.6%
$57.50
+10.3%
+18.5%$506.15M$492.55M15.701,358Positive News
MTRX
Matrix Service
4.0447 of 5 stars
$12.80
-1.0%
$17.00
+32.8%
+10.6%$362.93M$769.29M-12.192,239High Trading Volume
ORN
Orion Group
3.538 of 5 stars
$8.44
-2.6%
$11.25
+33.4%
+42.2%$344.11M$796.39M31.242,450
PWR
Quanta Services
3.9609 of 5 stars
$409.12
+0.9%
$404.27
-1.2%
+38.0%$60.41B$23.67B63.3358,400News Coverage
Positive News
EME
EMCOR Group
3.7255 of 5 stars
$639.90
-0.1%
$594.50
-7.1%
+50.5%$28.67B$14.57B26.5540,400Positive News
Dividend Announcement
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.3753 of 5 stars
$803.06
-0.2%
$668.60
-16.7%
+102.9%$28.38B$7.03B41.2718,300Positive News
ACM
AECOM
4.3051 of 5 stars
$130.10
+0.7%
$128.44
-1.3%
+24.3%$17.12B$16.07B28.3451,000News Coverage
MTZ
MasTec
3.7835 of 5 stars
$209.32
+0.6%
$199.95
-4.5%
+70.0%$16.42B$12.30B61.9333,000Analyst Forecast
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This page (NASDAQ:GLDD) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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